Somatotropin

Definition: Somatotropin

Somatotropin

Noun

1. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans.

Domain	Definition
Health	A small peptide hormone released by the anterior pituitary under hypothalamic control. Somatotropin, or growth hormone, stimulates mitosis, cell growth, and, for some cell types, differentiation in many tissues of the body. It has profound effects on many aspects of gene expression and metabolism. (references)
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Synonyms: Somatotropin

Synonyms: growth hormone (n), human growth hormone (n), somatotrophic hormone (n), somatotrophin (n), somatotropic hormone (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Somatotropin

Specialty definitions using "somatotropin": BGH, Bovine growth hormone, bST ♦ Dwarfism, Pituitary ♦ Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, Insulin-Like Growth Factor II ♦ Receptors, Somatotropin ♦ Somatomedins, Somatotropin-Releasing Hormone, Somatotropins, Recombinant. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Somatotropin" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (somatotrophin), German (somatotrophin).

Domain	Title
Books	Auswirkungen von Erzeuger- und Verbraucherreaktionen in der EG beim Einsatz von gentechnologisch hergestelltem Bovinem Somatotropin (BST) in der Milchproduktion (reference) Bovine Somatotropin and Emerging Issues: An Assessment (Westview Special Studies in Agriculture Science and Policy) (reference) Folgen des Einsatzes von BST in der deutschen Milcherzeugung : Abschèatzung der Folgen des Einsatzes von bovinem Somatotropin in der Milchproduktion der Bundesrepublik Deutschland : Untersuchung im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums fèur Ernèahrung, Landwirts (reference) Use of Somatotropin in Livestock Production (reference) (more book examples)
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"Somatotropin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Somatotropin" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "somatotropin": Somatotropin-Releasing, Somatotropin-Releasing Hormone.
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Language		Translations for "somatotropin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		somatotropt hormon (growth hormone, human growth hormone, somatotropic hormone, somatotropin hormone), bovin somatotropin (bovine somatotrophin, bovine somatotropin), bovin somatotrophin (bovine somatotrophin, bovine somatotropin). (various references)

Dutch		somatropine (somatotropic hormone, somatotropin hormone), somatotropine (growth hormone, human growth hormone, somatotropic hormone, somatotropin hormone), somatotroop hormoon (somatotropic hormone, somatotropin hormone), groeihormoon (growth hormone, growth promotor, growth substance, somatotropic hormone, somatotropin hormone, stimulant), boviene somatotropine (bovine somatotrophin, bovine somatotropin), bovien somatropine (bovine somatotrophin, bovine somatotropin). (various references)

French		SP (porcine somatotropin), somatropine bovine (bovine somatotrophin, bovine somatotropin), somatotropine porcine (porcine somatotropin), somatotropine bovine (bovine somatotrophin, bovine somatotropin), somatotrophine bovine (bovine somatotrophin, bovine somatotropin), somatostatine (somatostatin, somatotropin inhibiting factor), somatohormone (somatotropic hormone, somatotropin hormone), Methionyl bovine somatotropine (methionyl bovine somatotropin), hormone somatotrope (somatotropic hormone, somatotropin hormone). (various references)

German		somatotropes Hormon (growth hormone, human growth hormone, somatotropic hormone, somatotropin hormone), Somatostatin (somatostatin, somatotropin inhibiting factor), Rindersomatropin (bovine somatotrophin, bovine somatotropin), Rindersomatrophin (bovine somatotrophin, bovine somatotropin), Rindersomatotropin (bovine somatotrophin, bovine somatotropin). (various references)

Greek		σωματοτρόποι ορμόνες (somatotropic hormone, somatotropin hormone), σωματοτροπίνη βοοειδών (bovine somatotrophin, bovine somatotropin). (various references)

Italian		somatotropina bovina (bovine somatotrophin, bovine somatotropin), somatostatina (somatostatin, somatotropin inhibiting factor), ormone somatotropo (growth hormone, human growth hormone, placental lactogen, somatotropic hormone, somatotropin hormone). (various references)

Pig Latin		omatotropinsay

Portuguese		somatotropina bovina (bovine somatotrophin, bovine somatotropin), somatotrofina bovina (bovine somatotrophin, bovine somatotropin), hormona somatotropa (somatotropic hormone, somatotropin hormone). (various references)

Spanish		somatotropina bovina (bovine somatotrophin, bovine somatotropin), hormona somatotrópica (placental lactogen, somatotropic hormone, somatotropin hormone). (various references)
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "somatotropin": somatotropins. (additional references)
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# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "somatotropin" (pronounced sō'mutÄ"trupun)
3	-p u n	aspen, cheapen, copen, crispen, dampen, deepen, happen, hempen, lupin, misshapen, open, reopen, ripen, sharpen, tarpon, weapon, yaupon.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-i-m-n-o-o-o-p-r-s-t-t"
	-2 letters: promotions.
	-3 letters: important, moonports, potations, promotion, prostomia, protamins, protistan, rotations.
	-4 letters: amotions, arnottos, atropins, atropism, impostor, maintops, monitors, moonport, motorist, orations, ostinato, ottomans, pastromi, patriots, patroons, portions, positron, postriot, potation, protamin, ptomains, rampions, rattoons, rotation, sorption, spittoon, strontia, tampions, taprooms, taproots, tompions, tortonis, transmit, tritomas.
	-5 letters: airpost, amorino, amorist, amoroso, amotion, antipot, armpits, arnotto.
	Words containing the letters "a-i-m-n-o-o-o-p-r-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: somatotrophin, somatotropins.
	+2 letters: somatotrophins.
	+3 letters: nonimportations.
	+4 letters: anthropomorphist, nonmetropolitans.
	+5 letters: anthropomorphists, thrombocytopenias.
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